"Grouper" first look

**eva2000** · 09-09-2005, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by bigtoe

1PM GMT here, 6 hrs till you all find out

I should have a pre production board in 3 weeks and will post pics, specs, clocking etc as long as the board is bug free.

Another teaser is they are trying to make the PCB sky blue in color although whether they can is not confirmed yet.

stay tuned

6hrs to what ?

**Jcollins82** · 09-09-2005, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by eva2000

6hrs to what ?

Who the mystery board maker is.

**Tony** · 09-09-2005, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by eva2000

6hrs to what ?

Keep up to speed George, you need to read back a few pages...LOL

**Afterburner** · 09-09-2005, 08:11 AM

Xcellent news regardin Sapphire's response to the Caps issue.......

Thanx alot Bigtoe and Gryskull.......

**Sampsa** · 09-09-2005, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by bigtoe

1PM GMT here, 6 hrs till you all find out

Another delay?

**geoff2k** · 09-09-2005, 09:41 AM

Still 15 mins to go...?

**speed bump** · 09-09-2005, 09:42 AM

Cool that means as soon as I finish calc this thing should exist in forum land

**mrlobber** · 09-09-2005, 09:57 AM

Ok, watching closely

**Tony** · 09-09-2005, 10:08 AM

Well i kept you all waiting for a while, this was not my choice but i can now spill the beans. I'm off on holiday this weekend so was eager to leak this before I left.

Bandied about right now, the name of the new performance ATI crossfire board is......

DFI CF-BT

Thats right DFI CF=crossfire and BT stands for....bigtoe...LOL...BIGTIME

It may not actually get this name, although it is being discussed within the ranks of DFI USA and DFI TW so i remain hopefull as do others who have known about this board for the past 2 weeks.

So there you go boys...its DFI...LOL

**Afterburner** · 09-09-2005, 10:10 AM

Oh man........

**MaxT** · 09-09-2005, 10:11 AM

so this is not the RDX200 ?

Or the RDX200 is not based on the ATI reference design?

**geoff2k** · 09-09-2005, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by bigtoe

DFI CF-BT

So ZZF jumped the gun with the wrong board name? Or is that a completly separate board?

**Afterburner** · 09-09-2005, 10:13 AM

Bigtoe......the DFI CF-BT will be excatly the same as the reference rite ?

**Tony** · 09-09-2005, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by MaxT

so this is not the RDX200 ?

Or the RDX200 is not based on the ATI reference design?

No its not that board, its based on the black and red reference i posted pics here...some minor changes are being made but its basically the reference board i have shown you all here.

**situman** · 09-09-2005, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by bigtoe

Well i kept you all waiting for a while, this was not my choice but i can now spill the beans. I'm off on holiday this weekend so was eager to leak this before I left.

Bandied about right now, the name of the new performance ATI crossfire board is......

DFI CF-BT

Thats right DFI CF=crossfire and BT stands for....bigtoe...LOL...BIGTIME

It may not actually get this name, although it is being discussed within the ranks of DFI USA and DFI TW so i remain hopefull as do others who have known about this board for the past 2 weeks.

So there you go boys...its DFI...LOL

i guess the sky blue should have given it away. I mean which other company would do funky colors besides DFI?

Not too confident about their quality control. But since they are using the ATI reference design, it should be aight unless they decide to cut corners too.

**nn_step** · 09-09-2005, 10:15 AM

I would love to see some pics...

**MaxT** · 09-09-2005, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by bigtoe

No its not that board, its based on the black and red reference i posted pics here...some minor changes are being made but its basically the reference board i have shown you all here.

Thanx for the info.

**Tony** · 09-09-2005, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by situman

i guess the sky blue should have given it away. I mean which other company would do funky colors besides DFI?

Not too confident about their quality control. But since they are using the ATI reference design, it should be aight unless they decide to cut corners too.

They will not cut corners on components, that I have been promised. They may do away with the post code reader and replace it with the 4 LED's but thats about all. There is also some trick tweaks going in that should make it even better but I think DFI should tell you those details.

DFI may end up with 2 crossfire boards if they decide to keep production of RDX200 but I have a feeling this board may be dropped...time will tell.

I have been promised the skyblue(maybe) special will be available to test before the end of this month....can't wait!!!

**Afterburner** · 09-09-2005, 10:22 AM

Great info.....thanx again bigtoe

**nn_step** · 09-09-2005, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by bigtoe

They will not cut corners on components, that I have been promised. They may do away with the post code reader and replace it with the 4 LED's but thats about all. There is also some trick tweaks going in that should make it even better but I think DFI should tell you those details.

DFI may end up with 2 crossfire boards if they decide to keep production of RDX200 but I have a feeling this board may be dropped...time will tell.

I have been promised the skyblue special will be available to test before the end of this month....can't wait!!!

in that case I might have to delay my upgrade plans...

**mrlobber** · 09-09-2005, 10:38 AM

Heh, but is the board going to carry the Lanparty name or not?

**Tony** · 09-09-2005, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by mrlobber

Heh, but is the board going to carry the Lanparty name or not?

No idea m8

**madpete** · 09-09-2005, 11:00 AM

Wow another DFI ah? Didn't see that one coming, thought it was going to be one of ATI's smaller partners.

Thanks for the heads up tho me thinks October is upgradin time, just gotta decide which mobo to go for

**Revv23** · 09-09-2005, 11:05 AM

sweet... i had originally thought the RX200 and the nf4 2x16 DFI board would solve dfi's reliablity issues (which are well known to me)

this makes me even more confident... i am most curious to see if the new nf4 or the CF-BT wins.. these next few months will be interesting indeed.

**mrlobber** · 09-09-2005, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by bigtoe

I should have a pre production board in 3 weeks and will post pics, specs, clocking etc as long as the board is bug free.
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Another question: you speak about "preproduction board" here, any information how long until the board comes into retail?

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